People should be “protected from the catastrophic costs of upfront care” that see them forced to sell their homes, Wes Streeting has suggested. The Health Secretary was speaking as he
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Social care organisations have called on the government to act “urgently” on plans for long-term funding and reform after it was revealed that proposals may not be delivered until 2028.
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Proposals for the long-term funding and major reform of social care in England may not be delivered until 2028, the Government has confirmed. It comes as ministers announced the first
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Hospices have welcomed a multimillion funding boost for England which the Government described as the biggest investment in a generation in the sector. Investment of £100 million has been announced
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A woman has walked free from court after prosecutors accepted she did not illegally abort her baby. Sophie Harvey, 25, had previously stood trial accused of procuring her own miscarriage
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Urban and rural councils have warned that the increase in funding next year announced by the Government will not relieve acute pressures on local services. Changes to the draft local
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Campaigners have branded a Government decision not to compensate women affected by the way changes to the state pension age were communicated “bizarre and totally unjustified”. The Government is also
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“Exploitative” companies running children’s homes targeted by the Government for making excessive profits will still find a way to “game” the system, MPs have been told. A leading sector figure
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The mother of a former police officer who was given a life sentence for child sex abuse has been sentenced to two years for perverting the course of justice, after
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Sara Sharif’s father and stepmother have been jailed for life for years of horrific “torture” and “despicable” abuse culminating in her murder. The 10-year-old suffered “unimaginable pain, misery and anxiety”
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